Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1935, Page 51

INSTALLMENT XVIL HE Thursday following the vic- ! tory over Scranton, Coach 1+ Bertwell called the team to- }, gether for a “blackboard drill,” in fhe coach’s room in the left wing “of the gym. He had a metropolitan newspaper in his hand and was look- ing at it rather glumly. When the players had seated themselves, he| looked them over carefully. It was’a| habit of his. “All here, Watkins?” he | down in the locker room, and Arnold asked of the assistant manager stand- ing in the doorway, checking off the | uniforms.” names of the men as they came in. “All but Arnold and Hughes, coach.” “All right, close the door, they should be here by now. It's 2:35 already. * This meeting was called for 2:30.” The players settled back in their seats. “ ‘Colburn’s promising looking eleven, manifesting worlds of drive and power, opened its season yesterday by trounc- | ing Scranton to the tune of 20 to 0. s Under the skillful direction of Paul Stevens, veteran pilot, Coach Bert- | well's charges demonstrated a high- class brand of foot bal!, and completely | swept the Scranton eleven off its feet. The; Crimson unit tallied in the first quarter, when Hoffmeister, formidable fulljack, plunged through the center | of the opposing line for a touchdown. | ‘The, other tallies came in the closing minfites of play when Salinger, went around left end twice in rapid succes- sion, to register two touchdowns.’” Bertwell stopped reading from the| and glared disgustedly at the | TS. ‘Never in the last five years, or| even more.’” he read on, “has Colburn shown such a comprehensive grasp of the fundamentals of play, as it did in * the clash with Scranton. The linemen | charged low and with deadly effective- ness, the backs interfered beautifully, and the teamwcrk and generalship were beyond criticism.” Bertwell again glared at the players. “Bunk” he shouted, “pure, unadul- terated bunk! Whoever wrote that ought to be hanged. And that's the kind of stuff you fellows have been eating up. You can see it the way youre acting out there . , . playing | tiddly-winks with the tackling dummy, and ‘Rover! Rover! it's your turn to come over!" with the bucking strap and the charging blocks. . . . Why, it's &n outrage. . . . We'll have no more of it. From now on I want every one of you fellows to keep away from the papers. The first one I hear of read- ing a sport page gets the air. We want foot, ball players up here at Colburn, not matinee idols. Now get that straight. Keep away from the papers. “We were going along all right un- til we stopped Scanton. Then you fellows puffed up like & lot of pouter “ pigeons. and quit working out there. | You'd think we'd taken Sanford al- | ready, when we haven't even laid the foundations. . . . When you analyze | this stuff.” and he held the paper up 80 everybody could see it, “it's noth- ing short of ridiculous. Take the second sentence, for example. ., . . ‘Under the skillful direction of Paul | Stevens'—now, that's certainly rare. - - « Why, Stevens, you ran that team like a merry-go-round. You picked our plays as though you were grabbing » them out of a grab-bag. Passed twice | on the second down with 2 yards to| €9.-. . . Pulled an end sweep when you were 5 yards from the sidelines - « + kicked once on third down with 8 yard to go for first down . . . and then when you got in scoring terri- tory, you violated all my instructions and sent Hoffmeister ripping right | smack into the center of the line.| ‘The very spot I told you to keep away from whenever you get near a goal line. What did you have—a brain- storm? Sure he made it, but only because Scranton had a tissue paper forward wall. . . . Judgment, why, you acted more like a high school quarterback than a varsity field gen- eral. . . . So much for the first mis- ° representation of the enthusiastic re- porter responsible for this hopeless drivel. . . . | “Now let's go on to the next fabri- | cation, . . .” Once again he glanced at the paper. “‘Never in the last five Yyeafs, or even more,’ ”_he read, “ ‘has | Colburn shown such a comprehensive | gradp of the fundamentals of play as it @id in the clash with Scranton, | . 'The linemen charged low and with | deaflly effectiveness, the backs inter- fered beautifully, and the teamwork and generalship were beyond criti- | cism’” For 30 seconds he stood snickering at the write-up. “Fhe fellow who wrote this must be & music critic. . , . ‘A comprehensive grasp of the fundamentals of play + « » the linemen charged low . , .| teamwork A lot of bunkum! . . Here, Watkins, give me those notes I | had you jot down during the game. « = - - They'll tell the story. . . . Sorrel, charging high repeatedly. . . . Sorrel being feinted out of position by Scran- ton tackle. . . . Austin charging late. « « . Austin, slow in coming out in in- | terference. . . . Sorrel offside on lining up. ; . . Austin using hands to hold on offense. . How many times do you felldws have to be told that a penalty | is a7gift to your opponents. . . . Blake beafing the ball. . . . Blake offside agaln. . . . Black unnecessarily rough. « . +Too enthusiastic, Blake. , . . Re- merbber that . . . Stevens . . . poor | Jjudgment. . Stevens playing up too close on third and fourth down on | defense. . . . Stevens, letting punt go | over his hea . . Salinger and Ste- | * vens . . . failing to take out endf on off-tackle play. . . . Whole line playing too high on defense. . . . Bloomgarten, flat-footed on derense.1 « « . Corbett, sucked out of position on defense. . . . Corbett, slow on com- ing up to help Hoffmeister after a | play developed. . . . What's the use. I| could read on endlessly. . . . And you | fellows reading and believing these | press notices. Keep away from them, ‘ ‘% say ...and I mean it.” { ‘The door opened slowly, and Tubby This srertsazsesvaARE GrFr | You, too, Arnold,” said Coach Bert- i in handy.” A" ] )Cleliand G"“"' identifying it as one of limited edition created by the artist. : Hughes stuck his great round face in the door. Chuck was just behind him. “Come in, Hughes; what are you waiting for—a special invitation? well. Then in a severe tone, “What kept you fellows? You know what time this meeting was called for, don't you?” ’ “Yes, Coach,” Tubby finally man- aged to say, “but the drier got stuck and I couldn't get it open to get our “Don’t be late again.” As Tubby sat down, an audible murmur of amusement went through the squad. “Hereafter, we will have a 30-min- ute session of ‘skull practice’ every day. You fellows don’t seem to un- derstand what this game’s all about. In addition, the quarterbacks will meet with me in my quarters Tues- | day and Thursday evenings of every week until the end of the season. Tomorrow we will have & short prac- tice session and a written examination | on plays. Those failing to pass with a grade of 85 per cent will be rele- gated to inferior teams, regardless of whether they are first, second or third stringmen at present. We want no dull-brained players on the varsity. | Learn your signals thoroughly or give up the sport. “Now there’s just one more word. I said in the beginning of the season, before the first practice session, that in foot ball at Colburs as everywhere | else, what is needed is a psychology | of success. I meant what I said. Every | word of it. I want you to believe in | yourselves . . . In each other. But I| don’t want you to go around like a | lot of inflated idiots, thinking that | because we had an easy time with Scranton, were going to have all smooth sailing. You've got to keep digging, digging, digging . . . You've | g0 to keep an eternally aggressive | spirit . . . You've got to play hard, | play fair, play as though you were made of cold steel . .. But the mo- ment you start loafing, that's when | we start on the greased slide. And once you start downhill, it's one hlrd‘ time to climb back again . .., But| we're not going that way. We're go- ing out there this afternoon and every | afternoon and dig! dig! dig until we've | perfected our plays; until we're sure of ourselves; until we take Sanford. All right now, all out on the fleld. Linemen on the charging blocks— backs and ends at the south end of the field with me for a passing drill .. .teams B and C, over with Jim | ‘Warwick, and the injured men in the | pen. Keep limbering up your sore | | legs and muscles. Try to get back | in shape as fast as you can. Remem- | ber, we need every man on the squad.” | “Nice work, Arnold,” remarked | Bertwell, half hour later as he watched | Chuck shoot bullet passes into the arms of ends who were racing down the field on the receiving end of the throws. “Keep it up, they may come Chuck’s face grew redwith the com- pliment, and he eased to the end of | th> line of backs, to wait his turn | to throw & pass again. “Where were | you last year, Arnold?” asked Bart- well. “I see you're listed as a junior, but I don't remember reading your name on the squad roster of last year's team.” . This time Chuck’s face grew redder. “I thought I'd better lay off last year,” stammered Chuck, “my studies needed some attention.’ “Think you'll have any difficulties with the books this year?” “I don't think so, Coach.” (To be continued.) RENAULT PORT $6)50 : per gallon jug Also in half- gallons and fifths RENAULT Established 1870 C0 Gifts \ signature appears on each item, Priced from $1 to ;I! SHoP, SEVENTH FLOOR. T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Festive Slippers What a colorful array of them gift-minded shoppers will find on the Fourth Floor . . . all of them pleasant reminders that the prac- tical gift may be a joyful one, too. For instance, from a group for boys, girls and Jjunior misses: Left—Velvet scuffs with soft wool cuffs, matching in red, blue or green—or white on black scuffs. Sizes 315 52 Right—Imported Slippers for little feet (from sizes 7 to 3) are of red or blue plaid camel cloth, with slide closing and $2 leather sole CHILDREN'S AND JUNIOR MIssES’ SHOES, FourtH FLOOR, COMFORT .« . is what son wants most in a Christmas bathrobe . . « but he will cherish the West- Pointer (sketched) for its good looks, too. A copy of the military academy robe . .. it is styled in gray, maroon or brown. From a group of at- tractive blanket cloth $ robes in sizes 8 to 16__ 4 THE Boys' StoRe, FouRTH FLOOR. ~ SHIRTS ... TIES BELTS ... Useful gifts that will be enthusi cally received if they are as right as these from the Boys’ Store: The shirt, with TruBenized collar, $1.25 and $1.50; the “horsey” belt, $1; the adjustable regdy-tied junior tie, S0c. ‘THE Bovs’ StoRE, FourRTE FLOOR, D. ©, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1935, : N OODWARD N & LoTHROP wanQEewThe Christmas Store ww ek . A BRIGHT | SCARF SET « .18 a bright idea in gift selection . . . whether for a little girl or her older sister. Some of them even have gloves or mittens to match . . . and the hats run the gamut from Scotch ac- cented felta}f to ‘cozy overe the-ears affairs. 5 The set sketched, $|.95 in rabbits hair__ Others, $1 to $3.95 GIRLS’ AND JUNIOR MissEs’ MiLLINERY, FourtH Froor. MADE BY HAND Engaging underthings for juniors . . . in tailored styles with exquisite hand embroidery, or delightfully lacy. Of pure-dye silk or satin (the panties in satin only), sizes 11 to 17, Panties, $2; Gowns, $3 and $3. Pajamas, $5.95; Slips, $3 (Crepe and satin.) JUNTOR MissEs’ PURNISHINGS, FOurRTH FLOOR. SPORTING GIFTS The jolly, casual, eminently livable things the younger set adores . .. are just about the wisest possible Christmas offerings. We suggest: A Suede Jacket in lively green or brown. With Talon $5 95 fastening and adjustable waistline. Sizes 8 to 16 _____ . Skirts in lightweight wools or, in the larger sizes, 10 to 16, corduroy as sketched. Body top, sizes 3 to 14; tuch-in, $2 Twin Sweaters (not sketched) for girls from four to six- $3 teen . . . gay in plain colors or contrasts A GIRLS SPORTSWEAR, FOURTH FLOOR, SO SOFF . . . —and in grand colors to set off apple- red cheeks—Saxe blue, light rose, navy, natural, white and yellow. Our first shipment of suits for little, boys (2 to 6) in Valcuna, famed for its resistance to wrinkling, stretching and shrink- $5.95 Among Other “Very Young” Gifts. Linen Dresses for Sister, $2. Snow Suits with gaily striped yokes and snug caps, Talon fastened, $6.95. Others, $3.95 to $10.95 JUVENILE APPAREL, FOURTH FLOOR. FASHION'S FLEDGLINGS « « . those style-conscious young persons from seven on up... will gloat over: Rain Sets . . . coat, umbrella and beret in confetti dots (see sketch) ;r‘;prli:}:dy plaids. Sizes $3.95 Not Sketched— Muffs of bunny fur, dyed a lustrous black or rich brown, many of them with slide fastener pocket $3 95 . . with purse and mirror _ _ Party Frocks, thrilling “growing up” affairs in sweet pastels and prints. Synthetic taffeta and crepes and net in the group. Sizes 7 to 12 and 12 to 16, $3.95 to $16.95. GirLs” APPAREL, FOURTH FLOOR.